3 Jekyll Now makes it easier to create your Jekyll blog, by eliminating a lot of the up front setup (particularly the frustrating bits!).
5 - No need to touch the command line
6 - No need to install/configure ruby, rvm/rbenv, ruby gems (my favorite part!)
7 - No need to install runtime dependancies like markdown processors, Pygments, etc
8 - No cleanup, you can simply delete your repository if you don't like it
10 In just a couple of minutes you'll be set up with a blog like this one - [**Theme Demo**](http://jekyllnow.com)
14 ### Step 1) Fork Jekyll Now to your User Repository
16 Fork this repo, then rename the repository to yourgithubusername.github.io. Your Jekyll blog can then immediately be viewed at that URL.
18 ![Step 1](/images/step1.gif "Step 1")
21 ### Step 2) Customize your site
23 Enter your site name, description, avatar and many other options by editing the _config.yml file.
25 You can easily turn on Google Analytics tracking, Disqus commenting and social icons here too!
27 ![_config.yml](/images/config.jpg "_config.yml")
30 ### Step 3) Publish your first blog post
32 Edit the Hello World markdown file in /_posts/ to publish your first blog post.
34 ![First Post](/images/first-post.jpg "First Post")
36 To add additional posts you can hit the + icon in the /_posts/ folder to create new content. Just make sure to include the [front-matter](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/frontmatter/) block at the top of each new blog post and make sure the post's filename is in this format: year-month-day-title.md
41 I've created a more detailed walkthrough of [Getting Started With Jekyll](#), check it out if you'd like a more detailed walkthrough and some background on Jekyll. :metal:
48 ## Jekyll Now Features
50 ✓ Command-line free _fork-first workflow_, using GitHub.com to create, customize and post to your blog
51 ✓ Fully responsive and mobile optimized base theme (**[Theme Demo](http://jekyllnow.com)**)
52 ✓ Sass/Coffeescript support using Jekyll 2.0
53 ✓ Free hosting on your GitHub Pages user site
57 ✓ Google Analytics integration
58 ✓ SVG social icons for your footer
59 ✓ Speed - only 3 http requests, including your avatar
60 ✓ [Emoji](http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/) in blog posts! :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart:
62 ✘ No installing dependancies
63 ✘ No need to set up local development
64 ✘ No configuring plugins
65 ✘ No need to spend time on theming
66 ✘ No setting up hosting
67 ✘ More time to code other things! ... wait that's a ✓
69 ## Questions? Suggestions?
71 [Open an Issue](https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now/issues/new) and let's chat!
75 If you'd like me to let you know when I release a new theme, just [drop me your email for updates](http://getresponse.com). I'm currently working on a personal portfolio site Jekyll Now theme.
79 - [Jekyll](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll) - Thanks to it's creators, contributors and maintainers.
80 - [SVG icons](https://github.com/neilorangepeel/Free-Social-Icons) - Thanks, Neil Orange Peel, the they're beautiful.
81 - [Joel Glovier](http://joelglovier.com/writing/) - Great Jekyll articles. I used Joel's feed.xml and sitemap.xml in this repository.
82 - Design & Code reviews - Thanks to [David Furnes](https://github.com/dfurnes), [Jon Uy](https://github.com/jonuy),